Jerusalem Diaries: In Tense Times - Softcover

" Jerusalem Diaries provides a fascinating glimpse of life in Israel and has many lessons Americans can take to heart." -- Eileen Goss, Jewish Community News, San Jose, California Balint brings a wise and understanding heart, a keen eye, and great moral poise to her observations of Israel -- Edward Alexander Professor of English, University of Washington. Author of IRVING HOWE--SOCIALIST, CRITIC, JEW and THE JEWISH WARS: Reflections By One of the Belligerents With sharp eye and penetrating pen Balint pierces the cant and hypocrisy that characterize much of today's reportage on Israel -- Walter Reich Professor of International Affairs, Ethics and Human Behavior, George Washington University"

Balint, a Jerusalem-based journalist, offers 55 diary-like commentaries on life in Israel between November 1998 and May 2001, as Israelis struggled to keep functioning under the intense pressures of terrorism inflicted on their citizenry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)